Dorota Bucław Explained

Dorota Bucław
Birth Date:16 October 1977
Birth Place:Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height:1.73 m
Sport:Para table tennis
Disability:Spinal cord injury
Disability Class:C1

Dorota Bucław (born 16 October 1977) is a Polish para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. She is a World bronze medalist and a European champion, she has also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics and has been selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] [2]

In 1994, Bucław was playing basketball with a friend and her friend pressed her body against a wall, she pulled her neck which caused nerve damage and has affected the use of her right hand. Five years later, she broke her neck following an accident at a level crossing.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 August 2021. Dorota Buclaw - Polish Paralympic Committee (in Polish). live. 2021-08-12 . Polish Paralympic Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812180724/https://paralympic.org.pl/sportowcy/dorota-buclaw/ .
  2. Web site: 12 August 2021. Dorota Buclaw - IPTTF Profile. live. 2021-08-12 . International Para Table Tennis Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812180722/http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/3155 .
  3. Web site: 14 November 2019. Dorota Buclaw: I feel like a prisoner in my own home (in Polish). live. 2020-11-20 . Magazyn Sportowiec. https://web.archive.org/web/20201120132010/https://www.magazynsportowiec.pl/dorota-buclaw-poruszajacy-wywiad-tenis/ .
  4. Web site: 26 September 2016. Two Dorothys, Two Accidents - How a basketball player went to the Games in Rio as a table tennis player (in Polish). Przeglad Sportowy.